Senior Research Fellow or Research Fellow in Digital Through-life Engineering

Full Time, Fixed term for 3 years

This role will be recruited to either a Senior Research Fellow or Research Fellow depending on the pool of applicants we receive. Please clearly indicate in your application which role you are applying for.

Please note this is a Laboratory based post and as such remote working is not appropriate.

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Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced post-doctoral engineer with significant robotic systems development experience. If you are interested to develop autonomous robotic systems that can self-reconfigure or self-repair to minimise the maintenance effort, you are most welcome to apply. The project will involve test rig development, system integration and software development.

Candidates are expected to have previous experience in designing experimental robotic system rigs in a laboratory setting. 

Key Requirements:

The candidate needs to have extensive experience in: 

• deriving experimental designs and protocols;
• designing and building experimental robotic test rigs with appropriate transducers, signal processing and instrumentation;
• use biological inspiration to investigate self-reconfiguration, self-healing, self-repair/community repair, and design for SE for autonomous robotic systems.
• gathering experimental results and presenting data as part of regular reviews;
• demonstrating excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• publish high quality journal papers
• actively contribute to research grant proposal development

Informal enquiries should be directed to Prof Rajkumar Roy, by email at r.roy@lboro.ac.uk or by telephone on +44 (0)7516975563

For more information, refer to the relevant Job Description and Person Specification (JDPS) below:

Senior Research Fellow – JDPS
Research Fellow – JDPS

Closing Date: 26 February 2026

Our Benefits

At Loughborough, our benefits are designed to support your life inside and outside of work, helping you to thrive and feel valued as part of our community. Examples of our benefits include:

Time off - generous holiday allowance, including 14 university closure days and bank holidays, with the option to buy extra through our holiday purchase scheme.

Where you work – access to a range of fantastic facilities with plenty of green space across our 523-acre East Midlands campus, plus an exciting community at our London campus on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Financial wellbeing – competitive pay, two excellent pension schemes, and everyday savings opportunities.

Support for you and those close to you - through our range of life event leave policies as well as access to an on-site nursery at our East Midlands campus, flexible and hybrid working options.

Health and wellbeing – discounted gym memberships and access to world-class sporting facilities, including physiotherapy, plus healthcare offers such as eyesight testing and wellbeing support.

Travel and sustainability - access to our electric vehicle and cycle-to-work schemes, as well as a variety of travel offers to support sustainable commuting.

Discover more about the full range of rewards and benefits at Loughborough University.

Loughborough University is committed to achieving equality and valuing diversity in all aspects of employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.